Kristine Nowlain
Kristine Nowlain is a Swedish soprano who was born in San Francisco in 1989. She moved to Sweden in 2012 and graduated from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm in 2018. She is currently attending the Malmö Opera Academy. Her roles include, for example, Maria in Bernstein’s West Side Story, Despina from Così fan tutte and Belle in the musical Beauty and the Beast. She enjoys performing contemporary music and has given the Scandinavian première of a song cycle by Judith Weir.
Repertoire
| Preliminary round | |
| J.S. Bach | Johannes-Passion: Ich folge dir gleichfalls |
| G. Nyström | Havet sjunger (Lindqvist) |
| R. Schumann | Widmung (Rückert) |
| G.C. Menotti | The old maid and the thief: “Steal me, sweet thief” (Laetitia) |
| Semifinals | |
| K. Saariaho | Sydän (Leino) |
| C. Debussy | Ariettes oubliées (Verlaine) |
| 1. C’est l’extase langoureuse | |
| 2. Il pleure dans mon cœur comme il pleut sur la ville | |
| 3. L'ombre des arbres | |
| 4. Paysages belges. Chevaux de bois | |
| 5. Aquarelles I. Green | |
| 6. Aquarelles II. Spleen | |
| W.A. Mozart | Die Zauberflöte: “Ach, ich fühl´s “ (Pamina) |
| Final | |
| G.F. Händel | Giulio Cesare:”Piangerò, la sorte mia” (Cleopatra) |
| G. Charpentier | Louise: “Depuis le jour” (Louise) |
Preliminary round